Shade-supporting device.



B.H.LUNKBN. `SHADE SUPPORTING DEVICE. l APPLIGA'IIONTILED 00T. 29, 1908.

Patented Dee. 14, 1909 f 2 SHEETS-BHEBT `1 E. H. LUNKEN.

SHADE SUPPORTING DEVICE.

APELIOATION FILED 00T. 29, 190B.

942,967. Patented Dec. 1'4, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

v mit ampleventilation without blowing vor To all whom it mayconcern:

t lIIIIIIED STATES/[PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVIUND H.- LUNKEN, OF CINCINNATLOHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 `TI-IE LUNKEN STEEL i WIND-OW C0., OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

sHADEsUP1 oRfrING DEVICE Be it known that I, EDMUND H. LUNKEN, a citizen of the United States', .residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade'- Supporting Devices, of which the following` is a specification.

The present invention relates `to iniprovementsin shade supporting devices, and 'is designed more .especially for holding shades in'coiijunction with windows having double sliding and swinging sashes such, for eX- ample, as shown in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates dated Nov. 3, 1908, 902,979

though'applicablealso to windows of the ordinary type. v

The object of the invention is to provide a construction which will not only effectuslatting of the shade'por shades.

lAn embodiment. of the 'invention is illusrated in the 'accompanying drawing, in

which- .Figure 1 shows aperspective view with` the improved shade supporting'means and.

roller, ineansfor supporting the same at the top of the window on the inside at a suit-` shades applied to a window; Fig. 2 is'an enlarged detail partly in section; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through one side of the window frame and sash only.

Referring by reference charactersv to this drawing, `the numeral 1 designates theY win- 'dow frame having the upper and lower sliding and swinging sashes A and B, these having4 hinge pins u and b guided in channels in the frame' and being held normally againstI swinging by guide bars C having -ribs engaging grooves in the' channels, as

set forth in the aforesaid patent.l The win{ dow frame isprovided withl two shades, an upper one 1a and a lower one 2, which are designed to be wound upon spring'y shade rollers in the usual. manner., The upper shade roller is carried at the outer ends of bracket arms 3, which are\se cured at their inner ends to corner blocks 4 and are preferab-lycurved outwardly on the arc of a circle which has,V as its center,4 the pivotal axisof the upper sash.

To the outer endsof the arms 3 is v,secured the upper corners o f aY frame 5 with double wires '6 and 7, between which the shade wires 6 and 7 are supported at the top by from and rewound uponthe roller.

Speccation of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 14 I1909, Application led October .29, :1908.` Serial No.v46 0,096. l

` theA parallel wires or rods 6a and'a between which the shade'also passes. This frame iiiclinesdownwardly toward the window, being securedA at its lower edge to arms or brackets 8 carried by the frame members,'to which armsl are secured shade brackets 9 carrying the lower shade roller, as4 shown.

ByA this construction'the upper shade may be drawn down between the inclined frame nbars andbesecurely held thereby against- .blowing or slatting, and in this position will veffectually exclude, the sun while at the'same time ample spaceis provided for ventilation. In order to provide for ventilation at the lower part of the window when the shade 2 is drawn down, and at the same time exclude the sun,arins 10 are provided which may be held in suitable position by adjustably' connected bracing members '11, by

ywhich the lower part of the lower shade may be drawn outwardy under the bottom edge/ of the lower sash and held sov as to act as an awning. y

Having thus described my invention what Ifcla'im is.;- v.

1. In combination with a window, a shade occupy a position inclining downwardly t-o ward the window.

y 2, In combination ,with a window, a frame 4located at the top thereof inside the window, and having its'up er portionv spaced from the top of the win ow, said frame inc'lining downwardly toward the window, and a shade roller carried at the top of the frame `and a shade carried by"thel roller,.an'd sustained by the sfraine in a position inclining toward the window when the shade is ,drawn ClWIl. i i

In combinationwith a window, an inclined frame located at the top thereof on the inside ofthe window, the top of the frame being spaced from the topof the window and the frame inclining downwardly toward the v vindomsaid frame vhaving two sets of guiding members, and a shade roller carried at thel top of the frame and having a 'shade guided between said members. y

f1. In combination with a window, brackets carried at the top thereof, a shade roller and shade carried at theouter ends of said brackets, a guiding frame inclining downwardly and inwardly from said roller toward the window' for guiding the shade` 5. In combination with a window,l a shade roller carrying a shade located at thetop ,.thereof, a Second shadefroller carrying-a shade and located yat aportion of the window intermediate its top and bottom, and means for holding each. ofsaid shadesin an inclined position. f 1

6. In combination with a window, a shade l supporting frame having inner and. `buter guides,- means for holdingsaid frame. at a' suitable distance from the window opening "at -the upper'lend thereof; al shade roller stantially-as described. y y

'7 In combination with a window, a shade supporting frame located opposite the upper portion of the window and spaced therefrom for permitting ventilation, a shade roller mounted at the top of the frame', said l frame having transversely disposed parallel' members between which the shade is adapted to be drawn whenV unrolled from the roller and by which` both'the edges and intermediate y portions of the -shade areheld against flapping or displacementfb-y the; ac-` supporting frame having inner` and "outer guides, 'means for -holding 'said' frame in an inclined position` at a' suitable distance from the window opening at 'the upper end thereof, a shade roller mounted onthe frame and a shade adapted to move up orydown be*V tween saidinner and outer guides, whereby `the shade, when unrolled, formsa sunblind without obstructingY the `circulation of air and without displacementby. the action oi" the Wind, substantially as described.

9. In combination in' a window, upper and lowershade rollersandl shades therefor', with means for supporting *themv in place, means whereby the upper Shade, when drawn from itsroller; may be heldxinfaplane inclining upwardlyland inwardly away from the window, and, means whereby. the lower 4por-tion roller,` maybe held in." azplane l inclining downwardly` and outwardly away from the window, substantially as described.

' tion of the wmdg-*s'ubsta-ntially as described. f In combination with'a window, a shade lof the lower shade, when unrolled from itsl i In testimony whereof, -I aixmy signature in= presence of two Witnesses.- t

EDMUND H. LUNKEN. `Witnesses; I 4FREDERICK T. HENRY,

GEORGE W.V GIYLMORE. 

